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undesirables, to grant them registration and protection
in China.
11.
Assuming, however, that the Chinese
Government will claim such descendants as Chinese we have
the following observations to make on the Minister's
proposals
(a) As regards children born in China of parents
of Chinese origin who have been granted denation-
alization certificates Sir Miles Lamps on re-
commends that no claim to British Nationality
should be recognized; on this we would observe:
(i) Provision must be made for children born
to denationalized Chinese who are making
only a transient visit to China and are in
fact domiciled in British Territory. The
mere accident of birth in China in such
a case should not be an absolute bar to
acceptance as British Nationals.
(ii) Apart from the case referred to in clause
(a) (i) above we consider that the Minister's
proposals go too far and while accepting
his recommendations as the general rule
we think that provision should be made
whereby in approved cases children born to
denationalized Chinese in China might be
allowed to obtain denationalization certifi-
cates and receive recognition as Eritish
Nationals.
(b) As regards children born outside China Sir Miles
Lamps on recommends that in every case they should be obliged to obtain denationalization certificates as a condition of being given
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